Egg-tray for incubators.



W. M. LININGER. EGG TRAY FOR I NCUBATORS. APPLICATION FILED DEC. '7. y1909.

989.912 4 l A Patented Apr.18,1911

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EGG TRAY FOR INGUBATORS. .PPLVIOATION FILED 13,130.7, 1909.

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p, a tray having a series of tubesinade of so that the several tubes bro ren away out the several views.

,f having tubes y each of said tubes consistingoitwo semi;

lfcvlindrical 5 circulanend pieces 5st embodying' my gear-wheel removed.'

1D sa nir ine . Escaner non incnna'rons To all 'whom it may conta/afa LININGER, United States, and a resident of Hinton, in the county of; Caddo and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in E Trays for In cubators,o'f which the fol owing is a full and complete specication.

l y invention relates to egg-trays for incubators, and consists of the construction of a citizen of the foraminous material and rotatably mounted in an open frame adapted to be placed in an incubator, said tubes being made in two separable sections so as to be capable of being opened to receive 4the eggs and to allow the escape of the hatched chickens; and it ispalso provided with meshin gear-wheels, l may be simultane-l ou'sly rotated.

invention will M described in detail herelnafter,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-#- Figure 1 is a top plan view of an egg-tray improvements; Fig. 2, a side view of one of the egg-tubes showing' the -top section lifted so that the tube may be loaded; Fig; 3, a side view of' one of the gear-wheels and the end of the secured por4` tion of the egg-tube in position; 4., a fra mentalv View of one of the tubes partly and showing the gear-wheel iu c section; and Fig. 5, a detail view of the rear end of an egg-tube; and Fig. 6, a detail view of the front end of the egg-tube jivitli the In the drawings similar reference characters indicate corresponding parte tbroulgfh- In artificial incubation of eggs/it has lucani found that the best results@ are obtained when theegI are turned occasionally soA as to prevent tl e fetus from settling to one side of the shell and perhaps ladhering there-- to. This has been` done by diend, but it is a= tedious lproceeding where #there are large settings of eggs operated,` fs well as endangering spoiling the eggs; y handling.

.l In my invention I provide means for simultaneously turning all theeggs contained in a tray; anddit consists of' an open traine 2 rotatably mounted therein,

Specification of Letters Patent. Application n ledbecember 1909. Seri `and holes 11 in t end .- portionsv 3 andA e, having semi` their ende, to which l y.' Patented apr. is, ieri.- No. 531,834.

are` secured a covering of Wiregauze fabric .lhe art, which for convenience will be calle the -lower part, has stub-shafts 7` eX- tendingfrom the end pieces 5.

8 indicates gear-'wheels secured to the Stubshad'ts 7 at one end oi the tubes 2 and securedt'o the end pieces 5 of the lower porl tion of] he tube by means of rivets or similar astenings 9.

rl-0 indicates a strip secured to the end piece of each lower portion at the end of the tube farthest removed from the gearwheel 8 and projecting above the straight. ej ge of the end piece and provided with a hole 11. 2 are removably and replaceably secured to the gear-wheels 8 and strips 10 by means of pins 12, engaginholes 13 in the gear-wheels shafts 7 shown at handle 'l5 forvrotating said shaft.-

In operation the eggs are placed in the tubes when the upper portions are removed, and after such portions are replaced the eggs may be rotated as often as desired to turn the eggs during the process of incubation. After the eighteenth day the tubes are r0- tated so that the portions secured to the gear-wheels are in their lowermost position, and the top or removableportions are reis extended outside of frame l, as

moved' so that the eggs 'rest in the trays thus formed. Then as fast as the chicks are hatched out they may leave thetray.

By forming the tubes of Wire-gauze o1'.

incubatorchamber containing the tray reaches. all parts of the eggs evenly. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In an .incubatingI device, a frame, a plut rality of` egg-tubes each consisting of' two" e strips. One of the stub- 70 The upper portions e of the-tubes 14, and formed to receive a crankother oraminous material the heat in the y semi-cylindrical longitudinal sections having semi-circular end pieces and oraniinous material secured to said end pieces, the end pieces on one set of sectionshaving stubshafts projecting therefrom and in the frame, 'gearwheelsf secured to one end of the journaled sections and meshing with one another, 4stri s secured to the .other of the journaled) journal'ed l p.

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sections, said ."'gearwheels Aand strips formed'with lhl.es,-the I that register with-fthe holes' inthe gear- Jends of' the other, sections formeel .with holes .4

wheels and strips, pins to engage said holes In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my so that the last-mentioned sections may be hand inpresence of two subscribing witremovably and replaceably secured to the nesses.

journaled sections, one of the stub-shafts eX- WILBER M. LININGER. 5 tended outside of the frame aforesaid, and a. Witnesses:

crank-handle secured to the said extended J. M. MILLER,

shaft, substantially as shown and described. CHAS. NOWKA. 

